# Stavanger
## English
### Proper noun

Stavanger
* A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is also the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.

#### Translations
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr +‎ angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.
* angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.
* stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform. This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question. Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /staˈʋaŋːər/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ər
* Hyphenation: Sta‧vang‧er

### Proper noun

Stavanger
* Stavanger (a city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway)
* Stavanger (a historical county from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern day Rogaland, Norway)

#### Derived terms

* stavanger (“a person from Stavanger”)
* Stavangerhalvøya (“Stavanger Peninsula”)
* Stavangerregionen (“Greater Stavanger”)
* stavangersk (“the dialect spoken in Stavanger, or something related to Stavanger”)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Inge Særheim (2007) “Stavanger”, in Stadnamn i Rogaland [Place Names in Rogaland] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Fagbokforlaget, →ISBN, page 216
* “Stavanger” in Store norske leksikon
* “Stavanger amt” in Store norske leksikon

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* Stavang

### Etymology

From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr +‎ angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.
* angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.
* stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform. This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question. Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /staˈvaŋɡər/, /staˈvaŋːər/, [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ɡər], [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ŋəɾ]
* (Stavanger) IPA: [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋɔɰ], [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋəɰ]
* Rhymes: -aŋɡər, -aŋːər
* Hyphenation: Sta‧vang‧er

### Proper noun

Stavanger m
* A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.
* (now historical) A former county (amt) in Norway, from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern-day Rogaland.

#### Derived terms

* stavangerdialekt
* stavangergut
* stavangerjente
* stavangerkvinne
* stavangermann
* stavangermort
* stavangermål
* stavangersk

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Inge Særheim (2007) “Stavanger”, in Stadnamn i Rogaland [Place Names in Rogaland] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Fagbokforlaget, →ISBN, page 216

### Anagrams

* vrangaste